CVE-2023-20097

Cisco Access Point Software Command Injection Vulnerability

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS Score

Published: March 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:29 AM UTC

61 products affected across 1 vendorIOS XeWireless LAN Controller SoftwareAironet Access Point

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Severity

MEDIUM6.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco access points (AP) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands and execute them with root privileges. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of commands that are issued from a wireless controller to an AP. An attacker with Administrator access to the CLI of the controller could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a command with crafted arguments. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain full root access on the AP.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Aironet Access Point · Cisco

95%

v < 17.9.0.135

Affected range stops below 17.9.0.135, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-aironet-1540 (environment) · cisco-aironet-1542d (environment) · cisco-aironet-1542i (environment) · cisco-aironet-1560 (environment) · cisco-aironet-1562d (environment) · cisco-aironet-1562e (environment) · cisco-aironet-1562i (environment) · cisco-aironet-1800 (environment) · cisco-aironet-1800i (environment) · cisco-aironet-1810 (environment) · cisco-aironet-1810w (environment) · cisco-aironet-1815 (environment) · cisco-aironet-1815i (environment) · cisco-aironet-1815m (environment) · cisco-aironet-1815t (environment) · cisco-aironet-1815w (environment) · cisco-aironet-2800 (environment) · cisco-aironet-2800e (environment) · cisco-aironet-2800i (environment) · cisco-aironet-3800 (environment) · cisco-aironet-3800e (environment) · cisco-aironet-3800i (environment) · cisco-aironet-3800p (environment) · cisco-aironet-4800 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9100 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9105 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9105ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9105axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9105axw (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115-ap (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115axe (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9117 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9117-ap (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9117ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9117axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120-ap (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120axe (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120axp (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9124 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9124ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9124axd (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9124axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130-ap (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130axe (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-iw6300 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-iw6300-ac (environment) · cisco-catalyst-iw6300-dc (environment) · cisco-catalyst-iw6300-dcw (environment)

IOS Xe · Cisco

95%

v < 16.12.817.1 ≤ v < 17.3.617.4 ≤ v < 17.6.517.7 ≤ v < 17.9.2

Affected range stops below 16.12.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wireless LAN Controller Software · Cisco

95%

v < 8.10.183.0

Affected range stops below 8.10.183.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-esw6300 (environment)